by Manil Suri
Part of The Hindu Gods, book 3
First published 2014
Sarita carries only a pomegranate as she walks through Mumbai's abandoned streets. Nuclear destruction threatens the city, and her physicist husband Karun has vanished for more than two weeks. She must find him before it's too late. Jaz joins her search. He's confident, attractive, Muslim, and gay, hunting for his own missing lover. The two strangers navigate a bizarre cityscape where normal life has collapsed into chaos and strange encounters. Their journey pulls them toward Devi ma, the goddess locals believe will save Mumbai from annihilation. Three people stand at the brink of disaster, each fighting to reconnect with someone they love while their world crumbles around them.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, apocalyptic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Mumbai
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · Paperback · Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Content warnings: death, violence